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APPLICATION FILED IAILZB, 1906.

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JOHN C. PATTERSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOORE-TABLET FOR GAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed March 28, 1906. Serial No. 308,382.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CUR'rIs PATTER- SON, residing at 2206 St. James Place, in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Score-Tablets for Games, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawmg.

The object of my invention is to provide a tablet so organized as to permit the convenient scoring of the points and details which characterize individual games and also of the results of play in the aggregate, as affecting the scores of the several players.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a tablet which is conveniently ruled for scoring in a typical game, such at that now known as bridge, Figure I being a view in perspective, showing what may be termed the front face of the tablet. Fig. II is a partial cross section of the tablet and Fig. III is a view of the rear face of one of the sheets which comprise a tablet.

To illustrate the purpose of my invention in the case of bridge, I would state that it is the custom of players to score the various points and details of an individual game upon a sheet of paper, and when that game has been concluded, to continue, usually upon the same sheet of paper, the points of the next game or games, until what may be termed the unit of ultimate score (which in this instance is called a rubber) has been reached. The result of this rubber is then inscribed, with reference to the names of the several players, upon another sheet. The sheet upon which the points and details of individual games of the rubber have been scored (and which may be termed the game sheet) is then thrown away or destroyed, and a new game sheet is required, which when filled is also destroyed; its results being transferred, as before, to an appropriate place upon the more permanent record, which may be termed the rubber sheet. It is a matter of practical inconvenience to thus keep the tally of the respective scores upon separate sheets, the majority of which are fugitive, while one is permanent during the session.

My invention is intended to simplify the score keeping and to this end the tablet is constructed and organized as follows :-A large number of sheets of paper are provided upon what may be termed their front faces with rulings and inscriptions appropriate for noting the points and details of individual games. This face of the sheet is shown in front view in Fig. I, and there indicated at 1. The opposite, or rear faces of said sheets are ruled as indicated in Fig. III at 2. In this instance (and indeed many other instances of similar games) the rulings comprise, as shown, a somewhat long inclosed space 3 opposite to a plurality of rectangular spaces 4, 4, each space 3 being intended to record the name of an individual player, and each space 4 in the line opposite being intended to note the result of each rubber as affecting the score of that particular player. A large number of these sheets are firmly bound to gether in tablet form, as shown in Fig. I, a heading 5 of some rigid or substantial mate rial being preferably provided to prevent premature detachment of the sheets or accidental se aration of the parts of the tablet. The individual sheets are arranged for detachment at a localized region, being preferably perforated along coincident lines, as shown at 6, to facilitate intentional separation from the main body, when they have been filled up, while the protection of the heading at this region tends to prevent accidental displacement of the sheets. It will thus be observed that progressing through the tablet in one direction the sheets present appro riate markings and rulings for the details 0" indi vidual games, while progressing through the tablet in the opposite direction, the sheets present appropriate markings and rulings for the rubbers or groups of games.

In the course of a session a relatively large number of the game sheets will be successively torn off from the front face of the tablet while a single rubber sheet may sullice for all the entries of that session upon the rear face of the tablet. WVhen, however, the sess on is concluded, the rear sheet can be torn off and the tablet will be again ready for use. This method of scoring can therefore be pursued until, so to speak, the two at tacks upon the tablet, from opposite sides, meet. The point of meeting will of course be presumably very much more remote from the original front face of the tablet than from the rear face, owing to the relatively great consumption of the game sheets as compared with that of the rubber sheets.

In the foregoing specification I have indicated the tablet as prepared for the game of 1 bridge, but obviously a properly ruled tablet could be used in other games which involve the use of scoring sheets for the individual games and a record of the groups of 1 games which constitute the units of the ultimate score. The great frequency With Which the sheets have to be torn off from one side and the essential characteristic that the sheet on the other side should not be disturbed thereby, render it highly desirable I that the mounting in tablet form should have some relatively permanent character, since the advantages of my invention would be impaired if the rubber sheet should happen to be torn off accidentally during the handling of the tablet for other purposes. It is for this reason that I prefer to use a permanent I heading for the tablet, as it tends to prevent I accidental separation of the sheets.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A score tablet for games composed of a plu- JOHN C. PATTERSON.

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